Best Video Game: Alien Isolation

No other video game has frightened me in the way Alien: Isolation has. It is simply fear-inspiring that it trounced other games in the survival genre. No other video game will leave you with a heavy heart rate and shivers in your entire body. Alien: Isolation takes into the shoes of Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter for those of you that haven't watched Alien. Amanda is sent to the space station Sevastopol to investigate her mother's disappearance. What she doesn't know however, is that a Xenomorph or the Alien, again for those of you unfamiliar to the Alien series, is already in the station. The basic point of the game is to get out of the station while at the same time trying to avoid the Xenomorph. The Xenomorph isn't just any video game AI however. Instead of being in a predictable, set path, the AI randomly roams the station and is attracted by sound or if staying in area for too long. The player is able hide in lockers, under tables, in vents, and is able to craft tools in order to distract or hurt the Xenomorph. The Xenomorph, however, will adapt to the strategy used by the player to evade it. If you hide in the lockers constantly, the Xenomorph will often search any nearby lockers. Players who frequent the vents will find that the Xenomorph will join them there more often. Flamethrowers that on first use will frighten the Xenomorph and cause it to flee, will no longer drive it back and will become useless. The Xenomorph is death made flesh, and error will cause death, again and again. However deadly it may be, it isn't the only thing that will kill you on the station. Malfunctioning androids will attack and kill you on sight and are only vulnerable to multiple shotgun blasts or a large amount of hits taken from a wrench. Human survivors also stalk the station, with many paranoid and afraid enough to threaten to kill you if you wander too close. These survivors are often armed to the teeth and will not hesitate to shoot. Should you decide to play Alien: Isolation, good luck.